Matt McMurry

Matthew Merrill McMurry (born November 24, 1997) is an American racing driver from Phoenix, Arizona, United States. In 2014 he became the first junior development driver for Dyson Racing[1] and a few months later at the age of 16 years and 202 days old became the youngest driver to participate in and finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[2] He is a second generation driver and son of Chris McMurry, LMP2 class winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2005. Matthew is an alumni of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at University of California, Irvine[3].

Career

McMurry has been racing cars since age 14, competing in Formula Skip Barber, U.S. F2000 Championship, Formula Bondurant, Prototype Lites and the European Le Mans Series. Through age 16 he has total 71 car races with an 8% winning, 21% podium position and 10% fastest lap rate.[4] Prior to racing cars, he raced in karting from age 5-12, mostly locally in Arizona.

24 Hours of Le Mans (2014)

After back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the 2014 European Le Mans Series at Silverstone and Imola, McMurry was asked to join American Chris Dyson and Englishman Tom Kimber-Smith for the 82nd 24 Hours of Le Mans in the No. 42 LMP2 class entry by Greaves Motorsport from Peterborough, England.

The entry qualified 19th overall and 10th in class. When McMurry was handed the car by Kimber-Smith at about the 43 minute mark in the race, he became the youngest driver to ever participate in the race, breaking the record held by Mexican Ricardo Rodriguez and set 55 years earlier in 1959. Rodriguez was 17 years and 126 days old at the time.

After a 60+ minute pit stop during the 20th hour, the team finished the race 25th overall and 11th in class, having run over 2,600 miles. McMurry broke the record for youngest to finish the race, a mark previously set by American Gunnar Jeannette in 2000 at the age of 18 years and 44 days old.[5]

Statistics

IMSA Cooper Tires Prototype Lites
Year Team 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2013 Performance Tech RAM
6		 RAM
5		 COA
5		 COA
18		 RAT
6		 RAT
12		 14th 48
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2014 JDC Motorsports SEB
23		 SEB
5		 KAN
13		 KAN
9		 WGI
6		 WGI
13		 MOS
17		 MOS
8		 RAM
19		 RAM
2		 VIR
3		 VIR
2		 RAT
1		 RAT
12		 6th 121

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 Caterham Racing Tom Kimber-Smith
Chris Dyson		 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 329 25th 11th
2017 Algarve Pro Racing Mark Patterson
Vincent Capillaire		 Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 330 32nd 15th

Asian Le Mans Series
Year Team 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2016-17 Algarve Pro Racing ZIC
2		 FUJ
 BIC
2		 SPG
 9th 36

European Le Mans Series
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2014 Greaves Motorsport SIL
4		 IMO
4		 RBR
6		 CPR
10		 EST
7		 7th 38
2017 Algarve Pro Racing SIL
12		 MON
12		 RBR
13		 CPR
8		 SPA
12		 ALG
11		 20th 4.5

IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship

Prototype
Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2015 Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian P Ligier JS P2 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo DAY
5		 SIR
 LBH
 LGA
 DET
 WGL
 MSP
 ELK
 COA
 PET
9		 18th 50
2018 Spirit of Daytona Racing P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
20		 SEB
12		 LBH MDO DET
13		 WGL
11		 MOS ELK
 LGA PET
 30th 68

* Season still in progress

Prototype Challenge
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2015 BAR1 Motorsports WGL
3		 ELK
5		 11th 116
2015 JDC-Miller Motorsports MOS
3		 AUS
5		 11th 116
2016 BAR1 Motorsports LGA
6		 WGI
7		 MOS
6		 LIM
4		 ELK
5		 AUS
4		 10th 138

Grand Touring Daytona
Year Team 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2016 Park Place Motorsports DAY
17		 SEB
17		 WGI
8		 ATL
12		 21st 74
2017 Park Place Motorsports DAY
24		 SEB
6		 WGI
8		 ATL
3		 30th 85*

References
  1. New Junior Development Program Archived 2014-09-01 at Archive.today, Dyson Racing, March 10, 2014
  2. American Teen Sets Record for Youngest at Le Mans, June 15, 2014
  3. "I am UCI | Special Reports | UCI". specialreports.news.uci.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. Matt McMurry on DriverDB.com, Accessed September 20, 2014
  5. Video of Youngest Participant, June 14, 2014
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